✈ JNB → LAX
20H 38M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Johannesburg to Los Angeles
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 20 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,381 miles (16,706 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
20h 38m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,381 mi
16,706 km · great-circle
Avg speed
809 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-9h
9 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~6.3d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Johannesburg
Nearest destinations
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Johannesburg → Doha
- Johannesburg → Cairo
- Johannesburg → Abu Dhabi
- Johannesburg → Dubai
- Johannesburg → Tel Aviv
- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Athens
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
Long-haul from Johannesburg
- Johannesburg → San Francisco
- Johannesburg → Seattle
- Johannesburg → Vancouver
- Johannesburg → Las Vegas
- Johannesburg → Dallas
- Johannesburg → Mexico City
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Atlanta
- Johannesburg → Tokyo
- Johannesburg → Cancun
More flights to North America
Flights to Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
- San Francisco → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Vancouver → Los Angeles
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Chicago → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Toronto → Los Angeles
Long-haul to Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Kuala Lumpur → Los Angeles
- Singapore → Los Angeles
- Mumbai → Los Angeles
- Bali (Denpasar) → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Doha → Los Angeles
- Bangkok → Los Angeles